Senior Editor Dan Zoll:
Miles Davis, "Kind of Blue"
Talking Heads, "Speaking in Tongues"
REM, "Murmur"
Online producer David Marks:
CAN "Tago Mago"
The Congos "Heart of the Congos"
Fairuz "Andaloussiyat"
Listeners’ Picks
CLASSICAL COMPOSITIONS
Handel’s Messiah
Clair de Lune, Claude Debussy
Rhapsody in Blue, Gershwin
John Philip Sousa
Quatuor à cordes, Claude Debussy
SONGS
I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die-Rag, Country Joe and the Fish
Get Together, The Youngbloods
Summer in the City, Lovin Spoonful
Sunny, Bobby Hebb
Ode to Billie Joe, Bobbie Gentry
For Your Love, The Yardbirds
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore, The Walker Bros
Hey Jude, The Beatles
Casey Jones, Grateful Dead
Ripple, Grateful Dead
Your Song, Elton John
Levon, Elton John
Redneck Friend, Jackson Browne
Rosalita, Bruce Springsteen
Blue Sky, The Allman Brothers Band
Rhiannon, Fleetwood Mac
Sail on Sailor, The Beach Boys
Birdland, Weather Report
Waterloo Sunset, The Kinks
O.P.P., Naughty By Nature
I Wish, Skee-Lo
This Is How We Do It, Montell Jordan
Jump, Kris Kross
Ain't Hard to Tell, Nas
All Along the Watchtower, Bob Dylan (Jimi Hendrix version)
Layla, Derek and the Dominos
Marquee Moon, Television
Ain’t Too Proud to Beg, The Temptations
I Heard it Through the Grapevine, Marvin Gaye
Function at the Junction, Shorty Long
Someone In A Tree, Stephen Sondheim ( from Pacific Overtures)
You Light Up My LIfe, Debby Boone
De Do Do Do De Da Da Da, The Police
Blue Rondo à la Turk, Dave Brubeck
Come Sunday, Mahalia Jackson & Duke Ellington
In the Mood, Glenn Miller
Begin the Beguine, Artie Shaw
In the Aeroplane over the Sea, Neutral Milk Hotel
Don’t You Forget About Me, Simple Minds
Here’s To Life, Joe Williams
My Dear Acquaintance, Regina Spektor
After the Storm, Mumford & Sons
Inch of Dust, Future Islands
Sick Talk, Wye Oak
Ohia, Farewell Transmission
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), Eurythmics
Dancing in the Dark, Bruce Springsteen
If This is It, Huey Lewis and the News
Uncatena, Sylvan Esso
Nick of Time, Bonnie Raitt
Aja, Steely Dan
Georgia, Boz Scaggs
Rawhide (Theme Song), Frankie Lane
Dazed and Confused, Led Zeppelin
The Wall, Quicksilver Messenger Service
Where Have All the Flowers Gone, Kingston Trio
San Franciscan Nights, Eric Burdon & The Animals
Cat’s In the Cradle, Harry Chapin
OK Computer, Radiohead
Surf’s Up, The Beach Boys
In Memory of Elizabeth Reed, The Allman Brothers Band
Águas de Março, Antonio Carlos Jobim & Elis Regina
A Sunday Kind of Love, Etta James
Besame Mucho, (Multiple Versions)
Song of the Wind, Carlos Santana
Sitting on the Dock of the Bay, Otis Redding
Hound Dog, Elvis Presley
Blowing in the Wind, Peter, Paul and Mary
I Want to Hold Your Hand, The Beatles
In My LIfe, The Beatles
Eleanor Rigby, The Beatles
Light My FIre, The Doors
Lovely Day, Bill Withers
So Many Stars, Sergio Mendes & Brasil
The Idiot Kings, Soul Coughing
ALBUMS/MUSICIANS
Like I Said, Ani DiFranco
Modern Times, Al Stewart
Jack White
Hank Williams
Johnny Cash
Summer Sun, Yo La Tengo
The War on Drugs
St. Vincent
Thembi, Pharoah Sanders (Album)
Forest Flower, Charles Lloyd (Album)
Liquid Swords, GZA
Let it Bleed, The Rolling Stones
Arctic Monkeys
Louis Armstrong
Ella Fitzgerald
Frank Sinatra
Diana Krall
Chuck Berry
Wilma Cozart Fine
Bert Whyte
Talking Book, Stevie Wonder
Kind of Blue, Miles Davis
Avalon, Roxy Music
Joni Mitchell
Bjork
Fleet Foxes
Jose Gonzalez
Otis Redding
Graceland, Paul Simon
Fleetwood Mac
Jefferson Airplane
The Doors
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Big Brother and the Holding Company
Country Joe and the Fish
Grateful Dead
Dele Sosimi
Fela Kuti
Outkast
1984, Van Halen
Jar of Flies, Alice in Chains
Paul's Boutique, Beastie Boys
Getz/Gilberto, Stan Getz/João Giberto and featuring Antonio Carlos Jobim
The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Songbooks, Ella Fitzgerald
Eat a Peach, Allman Brothers
The Stone Roses, The Stone Roses
Hunky Dory, David Bowie
Taking Tiger Mountain, Brian Eno
My Aim is True, Elvis Costello
The Clash, The Clash
Lani Hall
Peter Gabriel
Paul Simon
Daft Punk
James Brown
Yes, Morphine
Carole King
Tapestry
Star Wars soundtracks
Indiana Jones soundtracks
Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ, Peter Gabriel
Voodoo, D'angelo
Lust for life, Iggy Pops
Live at the Harlem Square Club, Sam Cooke
Stan Kenton
Benny Goodman
Ali Akbar Khan
Rajeev Taranath
Peter and the Wolf, Sergei Prokofiev
Tom Lehrer
Rubber Soul, The Beatles
Live Dead, Grateful Dead
Rehearsals for Retirement, Phil Ochs
The Compleat Tom Paxton, Tom Paxton
Days of Future Passed, Moody Blues
Blonde on Blonde, Bob Dylan
Fifth Album, Judy Collins
Greatest Hits, Linda Ronstadt
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme, Simon Garfunkel
Ingénue, K.D. Lang
Hejira, Joni Mitchell
License to Ill, Beastie Boys
Appetite for Destructions, Guns 'N Roses
The Real Thing, Faith No More
Liege and Lief, Fairport Convention
Asha Bhosle
Rust Never Sleeps, Neil Young
My Life in The Bush of Ghosts, Brian Eno/David Byrne
Gil Evans
Every Grain of Sand, Barb Jungr
Days of Future Passed, The Moody Blues
Be Yourself Tonight, Eurythmics
Jesus Christ Superstar
Chess
Monk Suite: Kronos Quartet Plays Music of Thelonious Monk
The Hissing of Summer Lawns, Joni Mitchell
Don Juan's Reckless Daughter, Joni Mitchell.
Sweetnighter, Weather Report
Grievous Angel
Graham Parsons
